MonkeyTown

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[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean it’s literally shrinking over time.. deteriorating. It will very likely eventually become useless, and die out.

I guess you can call that evolution if you want.. it’s certainly a selection pressure, anyway.

https://www.earth.com/news/will-men-disappear-the-y-chromosome-is-constantly-shrinking/

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The Y chromosome is also deteriorating over time as it gets passed down with errors and doesn’t have a backup copy nor relevant genes to swap with, and men have less robust immune systems (iirc partially because of testosterone). So that’s fun.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Mirrors don’t exist in my dreams, I don’t think.. I’ve never seen one that I’m aware of, anyway.. and I have a quite extensive lucid dreamscape.. interesting.

I find the easiest thing to do is check my pulse. I don’t replicate that in dreams, so I don’t feel anything where my heartbeat should be.

Only downside is I’ll never realize when I’m actually dead.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a similar training selling stuff for a remodeling company.

I quit on the second day of training. It felt gross, and I told them I was really uncomfortable with their tactics and that’s 100% why I was quitting..

I also don’t watch tv and go out of my way to avoid ads :) pihole on the network, Plex and physical media for media needs.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Hey candy land is difficult. I mean how can you play after you eat all the candies? Plus hospital tables aren’t ever big enough for the board!

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

When I was young we averaged moving every 4.5 years, but for reasons, I got very accustomed to changing environments every year or so, and as an adult I’ve struggled to stay in one place for the clean start it offers, but moving is so expensive now, and I don’t like driving anywhere near enough to be a nomad van dweller type.

I can maybe do it one more time in the near future, assuming money and housing values don’t tank first, but that’s probably it for the rest of my days. I hope it really scratches the anxious itch for change, cuz if not..

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

This must be how Oscar Meyer wienermobiles are made. I mean I don’t see a buncar anywhere, but all the same.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’d rather not have robot bees. I’ve seen hated in the nation (black mirror episode).

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

https://www.wikihow.com/Boil-Sweet-Potatoes

I think I might be going on a quest in middle earth..

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I’ve only used genAI once, to re-write my resume. (And I played with image generation to sort of see what it can do and be a muse for me because I’m aphantasic, but I was wiiiiiildly disappointed.)

It spit out something less good than what I fed into it, hallucinated a ton of skills and experience I don’t have, and it looked like AI slop when it was done. So a lose-lose.

Might be good for people who don’t know things or who can’t write for shit (so your average first year college student, IME) but.. honestly it’s garbage if you aren’t average or below already. So I’m not surprised it’s ruining people’s ability to function.

Ai is a tool for dumb people (sorry. not sorry.) to land good jobs that dumb people shouldn’t hold or be hiring for, and that’s about it.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

What do battle passes even do? Is that the same thing as “season pass” things in other games (not that I know what those do either tbh)?

I never pay for, and thus don’t look at, any game stuff that’s not included, so I’m totally ootl on this one.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

Hahaha I had the same experience learning Russian. It’s so hard to find simple stuff like dick and Jane, but in another language.

Interestingly, comic books, especially those which have been translated into multiple languages (marvel, dc, etc) are almost easier. They usually have short, less-complicated sentences, and the context is pictorial. Plus it’s not boring af to read, which is ultra-helpful. Maybe that’s why people like manga and anime so much..? Idk.

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